14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a (A)lowly kingdom.

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25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on [a]Amon of (A)No,[b] and Pharaoh and Egypt, (B)with their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who (C)trust in him.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:25 A sun god
  2. Jeremiah 46:25 Ancient Thebes

43 When He worked His signs in Egypt,
And His wonders in the field of Zoan;

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12 (A)Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers,
In the land of Egypt, (B)in the field of Zoan.

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(A)Are you better than (B)No[a] Amon
That was situated by the [b]River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:8 Ancient Thebes; Tg., Vg. populous Alexandria
  2. Nahum 3:8 Lit. rivers, the Nile and the surrounding canals

11 Surely the princes of (A)Zoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
(B)How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”

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22 And they went up through the South and came to (A)Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of (B)Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

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For his princes were at (A)Zoan,
And his ambassadors came to Hanes.

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11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
(A)From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the [a]islands of the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands

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